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Women in Public Service Project, Negotiating to Build Gender Equity in Leadership

I’m participating at an extraordinary gathering of 50 international women leaders at the State Department in Washington sponsored by Hillary Clinton and the Presidents of Seven Sisters Colleges to build gender equity in leadership.

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Political Negotiating

Diplomacy and politics is a way to craft a collaborative conversation from two powerful sides.

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MORE NEGOTIATING TIPS TO GET AHEAD

Women can get what they want, they have to dare to ask and not be afriad.

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‘Take the Dare!’ says new IBM CEO Virginia Rometty

Chalk up a well-earned victory for Women’s Leadership! When IBM named its new CEO this week—Virginia M. Rometty—out-going CEO Samuel J. Palmisano made a point of saying her selection had “zero to do with progressive social policy” (read: gender-based choice). Nope, “Ginni got it because she deserved it.” What high praise as IBM now joins [...]

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Diversity Management Training for Women Pays Off Says McKinsey & Company

Gender diversity a corporate performance driver?  The bluer-than-blue chip consultants at McKinsey & Company think so.  Especially in Europe where women generally remain excluded from the upper strata of management (with the notable exception of the Scandinavian countries). The argument for implementing corporate diversity management programs for women—including negotiation training—grows stronger. In the report Women [...]

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Re-frame the Game

If one can reframe the negotiating paradigm from “I win/you lose” (which is the standard ‘male-centric’ model) to something we call a “collaborative conversation” (in which the parties collectively problem solve to expand the “pie” over which everyone is attempting to claim their piece), women are both experienced and adept at the process.  They are [...]

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WHEN IT’S ‘YOUR’ MEETING, NEGOTIATE TO GET RESULTS

Too many meetings every day! Too little gets accomplished. When it’s ‘your’ meeting and results count, here’s three cool ways to structure the session.

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NEGOTIATE TO GET FACE TIME WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE

Career coaches teach that ‘what you do’ depends on ‘who you know’. And ‘who you know’ depends on ‘what you do’. Back-and-forth. How do you meet the right people? Negotiate!

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HOT MAMMAS SHOW OTHER HOT MAMMAS HOW TO SUCCEED!

Kathy Korman Frey honored by National Business Women’s Owners for Hot Mamma’s on-line library of women sharing their stories.

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IT’S THE ‘SOFT’ STUFF THAT HOLDS WOMEN BACK

Why do women top-out at middle management? McKinsey & Co. thinks a big reason is they lack “soft” support. Without social capital, it’s tough to advance. Here’s ideas about how to get some.

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